CEDAR email: Heliophysics Mission Design School, applications open

[Leisner, Jared S. (HQ-DJ000)]

Dear colleagues,
NASA Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics Division is sponsoring an early-career development pilot opportunity in summer/fall 2020 to help prepare the next generation of heliophysics science and engineering mission leaders.

This Heliophysics Mission Design School (HMDS) is an adaptation of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's long-running Planetary Science Summer School, focused on high-priority heliophysics content and mission design.  Participants learn the process of developing a hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.
Two sessions will be led by JPL in 2020.  Session 1 runs June 22 - September 4, and Session 2 runs September 7 - November 13.  Roughly equivalent in workload to a rigorous 3-hour graduate-level course, participants spend the first 10-11 weeks in preparatory webinars acting as a science mission team, prior to spending the final culminating week at JPL being mentored by JPL's Advance Project Design Team, or "Team X" to refine their mission concept design, then present it to a mock expert review board.

Science and engineering doctoral candidates, recent Ph.D.s, postdocs, and junior faculty who are U.S. Citizens or legal permanent residents (and a very limited number of Foreign Nationals from non-designated counties) are eligible.  We are particularly encouraging applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
Full program information, with points of contact, is available at the NASA Science Mission Design School website.  Further communication will be forthcoming from the HMDS pilot managers at JPL, who can also answer your questions.
Applications are due March 30, 2020.
Jared Leisner
Patrick Koehn
Heliophysics Division
NASA Science Mission Directorate
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